RE: SQL - opening a cursor over a production file while UpdProd(*No)

Seriously, I spend I don't know how much time trying to look into this myself, but after I hit send, I happen upon a website that fills me in.
I added "For read only" to the SQL statement and now the Open Cursor works in debug mode with UPDPROD(*NO).

Thanks,
Kurt Anderson

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kurt Anderson
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Subject: SQL - opening a cursor over a production file while UpdProd(*No)

I have a Declare statement with the SQL Statement "Select * from CalTypTIDP." However, when I issue the Open Cursor over a production file while in debug mode, I get an error:
CPF4203 - Member CALTYPTIDP cannot be opened while UPDPROD(*NO).

What's happening is we have a file encapsulated service program that will "do everything" to a file (read, write, update, delete, etc). When running with native I/O, the service program would not open the file if in debug mode with UPDPROD(*NO) even if the caller was only ever going to read the file. What I'm shooting for is to let the service program open, but to monitor for any failed update/write/delete/etc I/O functions. I was not expecting an open cursor to fail when "for update" wasn't specified on the declared statement. The reason why I was looking for this type of functionality is that every new file encapsulated service program is requiring the programmer to copy data to their own library for testing when we've been using the live data for testing all along - which results in the data not always getting copied for a test. And I don't want to exacerbate the issue with more and more service programs that won't open a file in debug mode.

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Thanks,
Kurt Anderson
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
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